Wrench.



W. L. BESSOLO. WRENGH. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1911. RENEWED 001.8,1913.

1986,12? Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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WILLIAM LOUIS BESSOL0,. F MGALESTER, OKLAHOMA.

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Specification of Letters jlPa'tent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.-

Applieation filed September 7, 1pm, Serial No. 648,057. Renewed October8, 1913. Serial No. 785,146.-

To all whom it may canoe-rm,

Be it known that I, VILLIAM Louis Bus- SOLO, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of McAlester, in the county of Pittsburg andState of Oklahoma, have invented a new and Improved Wrench, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to wrenches, and has for its object to provide awrench having two jaw. members pivoted together, one of the jaws beingpivoted to the handle the other jaw being connected to the handle by alink.

The wrench may be constructed at little expense, and with it it ispossible to obtain a firm hold on a pipe or other similar material. Asthe wrench is constructed it is possible for a mechanic to make use ofit with one hand.

Other objects of the invention will appearin the followingspecification, in which the preferred form of my invention is described.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in all the views, inwhich- Figure l is a side elevation of the inven-- tionyl ig. 2 is anend view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a transverse plan View of Fig. 1, onthe line 3-3.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that a handle 5 isprovided, having an arm 6, a jaw member 7 being pivoted between two jawmembers 8, the rear terminals 9 of the said jaw members 8 being pivotedto the handle 5. A link 10 is pivoted to the-arm 6 of the handle 5 atone end, the other end of the said link 10 being pivoted to the rearterminal 11 of the jaw 7. The

link 10 has several orifices 12, so that-a pivot pin 13 maybe disposedthnough'anji one of these orifices to adjust the position, of the jaw 7relatively to thejaws 8 when the said jaws 8 are disposed substantiallyin alinement with the handle 5.

When using the wrench, the jaws 7 and 8 are disposed one at each side ofa pipe or similar member 13 and the handle 5- is two jaw membersdisposed at o posite sides of the handle, and pivoted t creto, the jawmembers having shoulders for engaging shoulders on the handle, a thirdjaw member disposed between the first-men-v tioned jaw members andpivoted thereto, and a link having terminals disposed between theterminals of the arm and pivoted thereto, the link extending between thefirst-mentioned jaw members, with its other' terminal forked at theother side of the firstmentioned jaw members, the third jaw memher beingpivoted between the forks.

In testimony whereof I have signed my described my invention, I

name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM LOUIS BESSOLO. Witnesses:

BiAcio SoHEPIs, FELICIA BEssoLo.

